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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln Counties

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

Excluding insurance premiums, in the past year, what would you estimate your family's out-of-pocket healthcare costs have been?

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  Total
Respond.^
No cost <$500 $500-$1499 $1500-$4999 $5000+
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,310 1,476 12.0 11.3-12.8 1,980 15.8 15.0-16.6 2,647 20.5 19.6-21.4 4,047 33.1 32.1-34.2 2,160 18.6 17.7-19.5
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 353 34 8.9 6.1-12.7 58 16.6 12.6-21.7 68 19.8 15.5-25.1 139 39.4 33.7-45.4 54 15.3 11.5-20.1
GENDER
Male 153 22 13.0 8.3-19.9 22 15.8 10.0-23.9 30 19.0 13.0-26.9 57 38.4 30.2-47.4 22 13.8 8.7-21.2
Female 200 12 4.2 2.3- 7.5 36 17.6 12.6-24.1 38 20.8 15.0-28.1 82 40.5 33.1-48.3 32 16.9 11.8-23.7
RACE
White 315 29 8.9 5.9-13.2 44 13.6 9.8-18.7 60 19.5 14.9-25.0 129 41.4 35.3-47.7 53 16.6 12.4-21.8
Other 38 5 8.4 3.2-20.2 14 44.5 27.8-62.5 8 23.2 11.1-42.1 10 21.0 10.7-37.3 1 3.0 0.4-18.3
AGE
18-44 147 14 8.5 4.6-15.0 28 18.9 12.6-27.4 31 21.4 14.6-30.2 52 37.2 28.7-46.5 22 14.0 9.0-21.2
45+ 206 20 9.2 5.6-14.6 30 14.8 10.0-21.3 37 18.6 13.4-25.2 87 41.2 33.7-49.0 32 16.3 11.1-23.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 177 18 9.7 5.9-15.5 35 20.6 14.4-28.6 36 21.5 15.3-29.3 66 37.0 29.3-45.5 22 11.2 7.1-17.4
Some College + 175 16 8.1 4.5-14.1 23 12.8 8.2-19.5 32 18.3 12.7-25.8 72 41.4 33.3-50.0 32 19.4 13.4-27.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 18 7.1 4.2-11.8 42 21.1 15.2-28.4 33 16.3 11.4-22.8 84 43.0 35.3-51.0 25 12.5 8.0-19.1
$50,000+ 89 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 9 9.9 4.9-19.1 23 26.2 17.1-37.8 35 39.4 28.5-51.5 21 23.9 15.5-34.9

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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